Table 1.

The GERIATRIC 5Ms

GERIATRIC 5Ms*	DESCRIPTION
Mind	Mentation Dementia Delirium Depression
Mobility	Impaired gait and balance Fall injury prevention
Medications	Polypharmacy, deprescribing Optimal prescribing Adverse medication effects and medication burden
Multicomplexity	Multimorbidity Complex biopsychosocial situations
Matters most	Each individual’s own meaningful health outcome goals and care preferences

^*A French version was also developed by José Morais from McGill University in Montreal, Que: mental, mobilité, médication, multi-pathologie, mes motivations.

Adapted from Molnar et al.¹